I have added a spry menu bar to my site and all was working well until it seemed I added a spry panel in another area on the page. Now the submenus of the main navigation don't show, but I know they are still there. I'm a newbie and I don't know if this is related to one of my divs being absolute vs relatively positioned or if it is a problem with having added the spry panel. If someone could look I'd really appreciate it! Temporary site is: www.jrhyne.com/Janie/index.html

Thanks Martin I see what you mean. So is the answer to change all my AP divs to relative? I'm still learning and having a difficult time figuring out how to get the Divs to go where I want when I make them relative...

You'll get different views on this I'm sure but personally, I try my damnedest to avoid position: absolute as much as I can. I've not built that many sites, I admit, but have always used floats for my site structure. It takes a bit to get your head around and until it clicks in your thinking it does not feel very intuitive.

If it were me, I think I would start again. Maybe use one of the layouts that Dreamweaver offers or look around for something that suits. There are heaps out there and plenty of online tutorials to get you started on that. Try W3 Schools and maybe look around this forum for some starter tips.

Again, this does not sort your spry issue so you might still like to sit tight for someone else to have a look.

Actually I would go one step further: avoid POSITION as much as possible, the default, which is static, along with widths, margins and floats, is all the positioning you need for a normal fluid layout.

Thanks everyone for your input! I am learning quickly that web design is basically fixing one problem to create a new one, lol. I think I've got my spry problem worked out, thanks to your help, and have gone back and fixed my position issues (I think) with my divs... only to somehow have lost my centering of my page! I can't figure out what I did to lose it and I'm sure it's just something I overlooked. Any ideas?